Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan

Sri Lanka and Pakistan   third ODI match was delayed due to rain.But as it started the Pakistan chose to bat and lost Hafeez first wicket for no run in the first over.Azhar Ali was the second batsman who was also gone its was a LBW by Nuwan Kulasekara.At present Asad Shafiq and Misbah ul Haq the Captain of the Pakistan Cricket Team on the pitch for the total 12/2 for approximately 6th over.
Anyways the rain is interrupting the match.

KKR The New Winners of DLF IPL 5

Kolkata Knight Riders chased the score of 190 against the champions Chennai Super Kings at Chidambaram Stadium.KKR growled at their trophy as the exciting last over

Finished with the boundaries of  Manoj Tiwary and Shakib Al Hasan. The loss of Gautam Gambhir in the opening over, Bisla kick-started Kolkata's run-chase by hitting Albie Morkel for four boundaries and kept the pace going through to his highest IPL score of 87. Kallis was reserved during his half-century, brought up off 39 balls, and his 136-run stand with Bisla helped end Chennai's superb run in the 2012. Chennai didn't give up and took the match into the final over, but Manoj Tiwary finished the deal with two leg-side hits with two balls remaining. Kolkata's chase of 191 started poorly, with Gambhir bowled in the opening over by Ben Hilfenhaus. Bisla took four boundaries off the fourth over bowled by Morkel, each hit fiercely through the offside, and Kolkata had 36 on the board. R Ashwin was then driven for consecutive sixes, down the ground and over mid-on, and the chase was on. With the 50 up in the sixth over, Bisla accelerated further in the next by driving Dwayne Bravo for six over mid-off. MS Dhoni tried the left-arm spin of Shadab Jakati after the time-out, but Kallis greeted him with a four. Bisla reached his half-century in 27 balls in the same over, and in Bravo's second he collected his fourth six.

By the halfway , KKR were 100 for 1, meaning they need 91 from 60 balls, and Bisla's intensity and strike-rate did not give up. In Jakati's second over, he hit two more fours, then collected a sixth six .Kallis' contribution was crucial too, for his 69 off 49 balls eased the pressure on Bisla. The tension was hi as Yusuf Pathan got a leading edge off Ashwin, at which point KKR needed 27 off 17. Kallis then hampered up. With 20 to defend off 12 balls, Hilfenhaus sent down two full tosses. Needed nine from six balls, Shakib and Tiwary exchanged singles .Tiwary finished it with the boundaries.

Its been a difficult chase. Having been given first use of the batting deck, Hussey and Murali Vijay launched an 87-run stand in 10.2 overs. That start provided the thrust for Raina to come out blazing, and he collected his first fifty of the season .After two tidy overs that cost 12, Chennai took 48 off the next four. Brett Lee was taken for two boundaries in the third over, Shakib was hit for six first ball, and Lee's third over went for 19 as each opener struck a six. Ultimately,Kolkata Knight Riders the victorious team of DLF IPL 5 .

DLF IPL

Chennai Super Kings beat Mumbai Indians by 38 runs and is playing against Delhi Daredevils tonight at Chidambaram Stadium at Chennai.. They are two-time IPL winners and know a thing or two about performing in the playoffs. Don't expect them to offer Delhi much. Chennai's victory over Mumbai will have given them lot of confidence.

a semi-final essentially needs the key battles in this contest are Sehwag , Ben Hilfenhaus; Suresh Raina ,Morne Morkel; and Dhoni Delhi's bowlers.Hilfenhaus has been a superb addition to Chennai's squad – he has 11 wickets from seven matches – and his argue with Sehwag could be engaging.Raina has produced match-winning turns in past IPL playoffs and considering he was bowled first ball. In that regard, Morkel,the leading wicket taker this season will need to test him. After his robust 20-ball 51 in the Eliminator, Dhoni has roared to life after a series of subdued innings. Like Raina , Dhoni against Mumbai Indians does not bode well for Delhi, whose bowling at the late overs has been suspect, especially from Irfan Pathan and Varun Aaron.

Will Chennai crush Delhi and make their third consecutive IPL final? Can Delhi come back from a crushing loss and reach their maiden final? The answers lie ahead in what could be a fascinating and somewhat historic. One game each into the IPL 5 playoffs, Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Daredevils have played contrasting games with contrasting results. Taking place  into the playoffs through the back door, Chennai brought their A game to the Eliminator where, inspired by MS Dhoni, they crushed Mumbai Indians. Delhi, having topped the league stage, stormed into the playoffs and promptly played one of their worst games of the season against Kolkata Knight Riders. Given one more shot to make the finals .Delhi's strategy of keeping Ross Taylor back to No. 6 behind Venugopal Rao and PawanNegi in the first Qualifier was befuddling, and whether they persist with the New Zealand batsman remains to be seen. If they look past Taylor, the man to come in could be Roelof van der Merwe who also offers variety with his left-arm spin. But more importantly, Delhi need more from David Warner, Virender Sehwag and Mahela Jayawardene.

DLF IPL 5

                                                                 Play Off :   KKR Vs DD

Here is the first qualifier of IPL 5 at Pune’s Sahara Stadium between Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders .

Delhi finished the group stage on top with 11 wins, while Kolkata came in a close second with 10 wins. Both teams are going into the match high on confidence; Delhi more so, because of the return to form of their batsman Ross Taylor. The New Zealand captain has scored a worthless 162 runs in 10 matches, but come apart to life with a 26-ball 55 against Royal ChallengersBangalore last week to inspire confidence in himself and the team. Taylor's extended failure with the bat had Delhi's captain Virender Sehwag worried but he would be a relieved man now, knowing that one of the most dangerous batsmen in Twenty20 cricket could be back to his best.

Delhi's batting this season has been awesome. Delhi's bowling matches their batting.

Kolkata boasts of a dreadful bowling unit too, but the batting has been a concern. However, Kolkata's bowling makes up for the few weaknesses in the batting department.. In Kolkata's last two matches against Pune Warriors India and Mumbai Indians, the three combined superbly to defend modest totals of 136 and 140 respectively.

Kolkata's fast bowlers may not have been as effective as their spinners but they cannot be discounted. Clearly, there is not much to choose between the two teams and the outcome of the match will be heavily influenced by the nature of the hit in Pune. However, a loss won't be the end of the road for either team as they will get to play another qualifier on May 25 against the losers of the tie between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai on May 23.

CHENNAI INTO PLAYOFFS

Deccan Chargers victory over Royal  Challengers Bangalore by nine runs set them out of Playoffs,meanwhile proving rescuers to the Chennai Super Kings .Bangalore’s strength throughout this tournament was its batting ,but it failed them when it mattered the most. Instead it was an forceful beat from JP Duminy that decided the match as he helped his side set a modest target of 133, which the bowlers, inspired by an unplayable Dale Steyn, managed to defend. In fact, Steyn, Amit Mishra and Ashish Reddy picked up important wickets at crucial moments, and Bangalore eventually managed only 123 for 9.

Chris Gayle  hammered Manpreet Gony for 24 runs in the second over. But Steyn provided the first turning point soon after, bowling a  bouncer to Gayle that evidently flustered him.Steyn then dismissed Tillakaratne Dilshan lbw in his next over, and when Saurabh Tiwary retired hurt in the sixth with a hamstring injury, Bangalore knew they had a game on their hands.

Tiwary had to return in the 10th over though, after AmitMishra struck twice to put the home side on top. Duminy played his part by taking a leaping catch at cover to send back AB de Villiers , before Mayank Agarwal was bowled two balls later. At the halfway mark Bangalore were 57 for 4 Virat Kohli and Tiwary put on a brisk 46-run partnership to put their team back on track, and when Reddy conceded a four and a six in the 16th over, it looked as if Bangalore had turned a corner. However, Kohli was out at the end of that over, furious with himself as he was caught at long-on for 42. It proved to be a costly error as Steyn returned to bowl the 17th over, conceding just one run and picking up Zaheer Khan, to end with Man-of-the-Match figures of 3 for 8. And when Tiwary crumbled under the pressure of the asking rate to fall to Veer Pratap Singh in the 19th over, the game was as good as over. Bangalore’s bowlers could not get the 14 runs they needed off the final over, Reddy finishing with 3 for 25, and Deccan took the eighth spot to leave Pune Warriors at the bottom of the table.

It got worse for the hosts after Vinay Kumar had Akshath Reddy caught behind in the fourth over, before Cameron White read PrasanthParameswaran’s short-length delivery wrong and attempted a pull that only resulted in a simple catch for Agarwal .With the Bangalore bowlers keeping things tight and Deccan struggling on a pitch where the ball did not come on to the bat easily, runs were hard to come by and the score was a paltry 23 for 2 at the end of the Powerplay overs.

That became 53 for 4 at the end of 12 overs after skipper Kumar Sangakkara, attempting to up the run-rate, gave the charge to his fellow Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan and was caught at long-off for 15.

However, Duminy remained steady at the other end, and with Parthiv Patel giving him company in a 71-run partnership, launched an attack on the otherwise disciplined Bangalore bowlers, to take his side to 132 for 7. His 53-ball 74 included 4 fours and 5 sixes, including three big ones off Muralitharan in an 18th over that cost 20 runs. 

DLF IPL : RR Vs PWI

Off-spinner AjitChandila recorded the first hat-trick of the Indian Premier League season as Rajasthan Royals defeated Pune Warriors India by 45 runs on Sunday. Half centuries by Ajinkya Rahane  and Shane Watson  impelled the Royals to 170 for 4 before Chandila's hat-trick sparkled off the Pune top order of his first seven deliveries, the opposition to 125 for 9 by limiting them.

Bowling with the new ball, Chandila took the wickets of Jesse Ryder, Sourav Ganguly  and Robin Uthappa  before finishing with  of 4 for 13. it was the eighth straight loss for Pune, who are second from the bottom with eight points. While the victory kept Rajasthan in the hunt for a playoffs place with 14 points from seven victories.

DLF IPL

Delhi DareDevils beat Kolkata Knight Ridersin the IPL  by eight wickets .As the overs

Were curtailed due to rain on Thursday.The match was reduced to 12 - Overs .

Chasing 98 to win, Sehwag  and Aaron Finch  raced to a 49-run start, laying a solid foundation for Pathan and Glenn Maxwell to score the remaining runs after the openers left in quick succession. Pathan hit three sixes and two fours in his match-winning knock.

After electing to bowl first, Delhi bowlers Morne Morkel , Umesh Yadav  and Roelof van der Merwe  didn't disappoint their skipper as the visitors restricted the hosts to 97 for 9. Allrounder Laxmi Ratan Shukla was the top-scorer for Kolkata.

Earlier, Morkel rocked Kolkata's top order with back-to-back wickets. He first bowled Jacques Kallis  and Manoj Tiwary in successive deliveries and then followed it up with the wicket of Kolkata's skipper Gautam Gambhir, who played a short ball by the tall South African pacer onto his stumps. And the home side was in a real spot of bother when Yusuf Pathan was caught behind off Yadav.

But young Bengal batsman Debabrata Das took the attack to the opposition with two lusty sixes, though his innings was cut short when he got run out after a terrible mix-up with Rajat Bhatia. A Shukla cameo late in the innings took Kolkata to a decent total; however, it was not enough in the end.

In reply, Delhi raced to 48 for no loss in six overs, with Finch and Sehwag swatting the ball hard. But the wickets of Finch, who was clean-bowled by Kallis, and Sehwag, who was caught brilliantly at the long-on fence by Iqbal Abdulla off Bhatia, in quick succession put the match in balance until Pathan's blitz blew away the opposition.

India Thrashed Pakistan

India's vice captain ViratKohli smashed a career-best 183 to power India virtually into the finals of the Asia Cup as he led the chase of a enormous 330-run target to beat archrivals Pakistan by six wickets on Sunday.

Sachin Tendulkar  and Rohit Sharma were the other chief contributors of this must-win game that took India to second place in the points table, behind Pakistan

For Pakistan, their opening pair of Mohammad Hafeez  and Nasir Jamshed  hit stroke-filled centuries in a 224-run stand that propelled Pakistan to the huge total. However, India pulled things back in the last 10 overs to instil hopes of victory.

India's run-chase began with a stumble when opener Gautam Gambhir was dismissed lbw by Mohammad Hafeez off the second ball of the innings. However, a 133-run partnership between Tendulkar and Kohli nullified the early advantage Pakistan had got.

Tendulkar was ejected by off-spinner Saeed Ajmal, but incoming batsman Rohit proved to be the ideal foil for Kohli, who has been in the form of his life. During this knock, Kohli became the second-quickest to 3500 ODI runs, only behind West Indian legend Vivian Richards. His 148-ball 183 included 22 fours and one six.

Rohit was a bit slow to get off the blocks, but once in, he made it count by rotating the strike and hitting a boundary every now and then. Kohli and Rohit both fell in the space of 13 runs after a 172-run partnership, which by then had put India in cruise mode with the score already past 300.

Raina and Kohli then performed the last rites to complete a facile win.

Jamshed's 112 came off just 104 balls, including 10 fours and one six.

Pakistan lost their other opener, Hafeez, four balls later, which lifted the Indian spirits. Hafeez's 105 runs came off 113 balls, studded with 9 fours and one six. Akmal and Younis Khan then stitched together a 48-run partnership but Pakistan lost Akmal for 28 at the score of 273 in the 43rd over. He was dismissed by Praveen Kumar.

Afridi tried to get his eye in but his 15-ball stay was ended by Irfan Pathan. He contributed just 9 but was involved in a 40-run stand with Younis, during which Pakistan crossed the 300-run mark.

Pakistan, who scored 73 runs and lost four wickets in the last 10 overs, lost the momentum in the end but Younis's 34-ball 52 ensured Pakistan reach 329 for 6 in the end. Praveen sent him back off a one-handed stunner by Raina in the covers. Captain Misbah-ul-Haq remained not out on four, while allrounder Hammad Azam scored 4.

Ashok Dinda finished with figures of 2 for 47 in 8 overs, while Praveen was the most expensive of the lot at 2 for 77. Irfan was hammered for 69 runs in his 10 overs and returned with a lonely wicket.

Asia Cup

India’s Victory over Sri Lanka with 50 runs proved that India is in form again .In its first match

Of Asia Cup, Irfan Pathan led the Indian attack with a four wicket pull.India put forward the score

Of 304 before Sri Lanka.Losing 4 wickets for 31 runs in the batting powerplay proved decisive

In the end as they reached 196 for 3 in 35 overs.Ashwin and Vinay took two wickets each and decreased

Lankans to 227 for 7 in 40 overs.Pathan returned in the last over to complete his 4 for 32 with the last

Sri Lankan wicket of Seekkuge Prasanna.

Earlier, India's twin centurions Virat Kohli  and Gautam Gambhir put up a 205-run stand for the second wicket to set India up for a big total. On the way to his century, Kohli became the fastest man to reach 10 ODI centuries, reaching the landmark in his 83rd match.

MS Dhoni  and Suresh Raina then stricken the Lankan attack for 78 runs in the final 7.1 overs to cross the 300-run mark with a six from Raina off the last ball of the 50th over.

SachinTendulkar fell early after Sri Lanka put India in to bat. Thereafter, it was a Kohli-Gambhir show as they stole the fame by bringing up the 10th ODI centuries of their respective careers.

The Sri Lankan bowlers had no answers for Kohli who scored his second consecutive century in Mirpur after punishing the Bangladeshis in the World Cup opener last year. He and Gambhir fell soon after reaching the landmark but Dhoni and Raina ensured boundaries came thick and fast in the last seven overs to take India's total to 304 for 3.

The Lankans  lost Tillakaratne Dilshan  early in their chase but Jayawardene played a captain's knock of 78 in just 59 balls, which included 10 fours and two sixes. After Dilshan was sent back by Pathan, Jayawardene joined hands with KumarSangakkara for a 93-run second-wicket partnership in a 14-over period . The Sri Lankans joyously moved to 124 for 1 in just the 19th over when Jayawardene's downfall. At 152 for 3, Sangakkara found an supporter in Lahiru Thirimanne and the duo started bringing the chase back on track by exploiting the Indian spinners. However, Ashwin sent Sangakkara  and Thirimanne  back in the first over of the powerplay, while Vinay took care of Nuwan Kulasekara  and Chamara Kapugedara  in the fourth. Maharoof tried to be a bit adventurous; however, it proved to be vain in the end.

ASIA CUP

Pakistan pulled off a 21 run victory over a vigorous Bangladesh in the exhilarating opening

Match of Asia Cup on Sunday. Pakistan Team set forth the score of 263 before Bangladesh .

Hoewever,the hosts lacked the batting power in the end and got all out for 241 in 48.1 over only.

On the other hand the hosts gave a good account of themselves and also proved that they cannot

Be taken lightly in the tournament.Shakib and Nasir were going great arms together as the team.
Umar Gul broke the partnership by bowling Nasir in the 44th over.Shakib was the last man out

Pakistan scored 262 for eight after Mohammed Hafeez top-scored with a patient 89 and shared a 135-run stand with fellow opener Nasir Jamshed. Apart from Hafeez and Jamshed's brilliant batting it was Gul's strokeful unbeaten 39 towards the end that lifted Pakistan to a respectable total.

ShahdatHossain and Shakib Al Hasan  shared five wickets between them to help Bangladesh restrict Pakistani players, who were scoring briskly till the 30 overs.

Pakistan rode on spin trio of Hafeez ,Saeed Ajmal and Shahid Afridi's brilliant bowling to open their campaign with a win.

Bangladesh's chase was guided by opener Tamim Iqbal's crafty 64 but the hosts could not make the best use of his innings. Iqbal along with opener Nazimuddin  and Jahurul Islam  shared two 45-run stands each for the first and second wickets.

Hafeez struck twice in two balls in the 29th over as he bowled Iqbal in the third ball and trapped Mahmudullah in the next to reduce Bangaldesh to 135 for five.

Shakib then joined hands with Nasir to take the fight to Pakistan. They made good use of third powerplay to set the tone for a close finish.

Earlier, Hafeez and Jamshed had laid the foundation by putting on 135 runs for the first wicket in just 28 overs but Shahdat Hossain (3/53) and Shakib Al Hasan (2/41) struck at crucial moments to help the hosts fight back into the match.

But Gul, somewhat, spoilt Bangladesh's plans with a brisk 39 off 25 balls.

Hoping that the pitch at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium would offer some assistance to his seamers early on, Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim elected to field after the coin landed in his favour.

Jamshed was the more aggressive of the two as he found the fence five times, besides hitting a six. Hafeez was content to rotate the strike while hitting the occasional boundaries.

Bangladesh then made a spirited fightback and the breakthrough they needed, came in the form of Jamshed's wicket in the 28th over, when Mushfiqur ran the batsman out after receiving a throw from Shakib. Living up to the tag of being an unpredictable side, Pakistan suffered a collapse and, from 160 for two in the 33rd over, they were struggling at 198 for seven.

Pakistan Vs England

Pakistan lost the ODI series to England4-0, after having beaten them in the Tests.

Former players rallied round Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq on Wednesday despite his side's miserable showing in the 4-0 one-day series battering by England.

Pakistan failed to carry the momentum of their 3-0 Test whitewash of England in the UAE into the one dayers, losing all four games to suggest they will be susceptible  to their rivals in the Twenty20 series starting on Thursday.

England strolled to a four-wicket win in the fourth game in Dubai on Tuesday, with Kevin Pietersenhitting a second successive hundred.

The sudden slump in form prompted former captain Imran Khan  to bemoan a lack of depth in Pakistan's squad.

But the legendary allrounder backed captain Misbah-ul Haq to continue as skipper in the short form of the game, having already led a remarkable revival of the Test side.

Khan rejected the suggestion the side would be better served by separate captains for the three forms of the game.

Former spinner Iqbal Qasim also backed Misbah, urging critics to give him time to turn around the side's one-day fortunes.

Qasim said Pakistan must choose specialists for Tests and limited overs.

Sri Lanka Vs India

Sri Lanka defeated India by a broad margin of 51 runs in the 8th Match of the CB Tri-Series at the Gabba in Brisbane.  the Indian top order failed to put Sri Lanka in charge. Although there was a resist here and there from India, it was always Sri Lanka’s game.

India’s run chase began very poorly as Captain Virender Sehwag  played disappointingly but Things still looked bright for India as Sachin Tendulkar and Gautam Gambhir were striking the ball beautifully. But the  Nuwan Kulasekara with his lovely swing and closure bowling made the two batsmen out to leave India at 54 for 3 by the 12th over.

It was a huge disappointment for Sachin Tendulkar as he looked good for his 22 (from 33 balls with 3 fours) before he dragged from Kulasekara onto his stumps.. Gambhir got out walking down the track and guiding an away swinger low into the hands of Thisara Perera at wide .

India staged a steady fightback through Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina which was possible through a couple of catches put down by the Lankans. The young pair added 92 runs for the 4th wicket before Suresh Raina (32 from 55 balls with a four) got caught at covers off a leading edge in an attempted backfoot flick off a bouncy delivery from Maharoof in the 31st over. By the 36th over, India was reduced to 172 for 5 when a well set Virat Kohli (66 from 83 balls with 2 fours) mishit his pull shot off a rising delivery into the hands of mid on after looking to play an attacking game in the Batting Powerplay.

It was matter of formalities for the Sri Lankans after removing Kohli. However, Irfan Pathan was having other ideas and was pretty confident of pulling a victory all on his own. Unfortunately for Pathan, he lost three vital partners in Jadeja, Parthiv and Ashwin which reduced the score to 232 for 8 in 43 overs.
Kulasekara made things easy for the Lankans when he had Ravindra Jadeja dragging a wide.In the 43rd over, Lasith Malinga came up with a death blow when R Ashwin was forced to edge his late cut off a slower one to the keeper.

India by the start of the 46th over was bowled out for 238 with the last man to fall being Irfan Pathan. The left-handed all-rounder scored a valiant 47 from 34 balls with 7 fours before his flat-batted hit off a full toss got caught overhead by Thisara Perera in his own bowling.

Thisara Perera finished the match with statistics of 4 for 37 in 7.1 overs. 

England VS Pakistan

England tour of United Arab Emirates,Pakistan won by 10 wickets in its 1st test series at

Dubai International Cricket  Stadium.

Mohsin came in as a breath of fresh air, for both the players and for the team management, who had seen enough of foreign coaches. Mohsin, together with the captain Misbah-ul-Haq who has an equally calm behavior, applied  sensible approach. They decided to take it one series at a time, beginning with the home contest against Sri Lanka, played in the UAE.

The faith shown by Mohsin and Ijaz Ahmed, the batting coach, on youngsters like Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq and Umar and Adnan Akmal paid off when they confirmed the three-Test series 1-0 and the ODIs by a 4-1 margin. Next, Pakistan cleaned up Bangladesh 2-0 in Tests and 3-0 in ODIs on another tour.

Keeping the players motivated is a tough task for a coach who knows his replacement is around the corner. And Mohsin, who represented Pakistan in 48 Tests and scored close to 3000 runs with a respectable average of just over 37, has done well in spite of being under that pressure. The batting was the main reason for the end result. Saeed Ajmal's 7 for 55 spun England out for 192 in the first innings, and then Pakistan took the lead by scoring 338. Umar Gul and Ajmal shared seven wickets in England's second innings of 160, and a ten-wicket win was achieved well before stumps on the third day.

Pakistan Vs England Test series

England scored 192 &are still batting while Pakistani’s score is 338.

Gul's aggressive bowling for 3-20 was helped by some dreadful shot selection from opener Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen, who departed while attempting shocking pull shots.

Before Gul's burst, Akmal had added precious 50 runs in an hour and a quarter after Pakistan resumed at 288-7 before being bowled out for 338.

Akmal hit eight boundaries in his career-best 61 that included two reverse swept fours off Graeme Swann, who finished with 4-107.

Fast bowler Umar Gul sliced through England with three cheap wickets for Pakistan to eye victory on Day Three of the first Test on Thursday.

After Adnan Akmal's gutsy half-century stretched Pakistan's first-innings lead to 146, England were on the way in their second innings at 75-5, still trailing by 71 runs.

Pakistan VS England

Ajmal won five decisions after England won the toss and elected to bat first at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, with Matt Prior's determined knock of 70 .Pakistan openers Mohammad Hafeez  and Taufeeq Umar saw off 15 overs in the last hour of the day without too many problems in facing England's lone spinner GraemeSwann.

Captain Andrew Strauss , Ian Bell and KevinPietersen  departed within five of Ajmal's deliveries before lunch as England limped to 52-5.

After polishing off the top order before lunch, Ajmal trapped Eoin Morgan  and StuartBroad  lbw as both failed in their attempts to sweep the last year's top wicket-taker in Test cricket.

 Morgan escaped a stumping chance off Ajmal just before the break. Ajmal continued to confuse the England batsman, and when he trapped last man James Anderson lbw he concealed his previous best of 6-42 against West Indies last year.

Prior added 57 precious runs for the eighth wicket with Swann before leftarm spinner Abdur Rehman broke the stand and closed England's innings with two more wickets.

Earlier, Strauss and Alastair Cook watchfully played out new ball bowlers Umar Gul and Aizaz Cheema before Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq called up his spinners in only the sixth over.

Hafeez responded in his very first over when Cook tried to cut the offspinner's third delivery and was caught behind by Adnan Akmal.

Akmal took another brilliant acrobatic catch down the leg side off fast bowler Aizaz Cheema's short delivery, which claimed a thick edge of Jonathan Trott's  bat.

But it was the introduction of Ajmal midway into the first session that hurried the England collapse.

Strauss hastily tried to pull Ajmal's fifth delivery only to knock back his off stump, then Bell attempted to defend Ajmal's straight delivery and thinly edged to Akmal.

Pietersen also struggled through 29 deliveries before Ajmal won the lbw decision thanks to the Decision Review System after onfield Australian umpire Ben Oxenford had originally turned down a loud appeal.

England opted to go in with three seamers  James Anderson, StuartBroad and Chris Tremlett  and may miss left-arm spinner Monty Panesar.

Panesar had impressed in a warmup match but England preferred Tremlett, who is playing his first Test since recovering from a back injury last August.

Australia knock out India

India lost the second test against Australia by 68 runs at  the Sydney Cricket ground Australia lead series 2-0 .Ben  Hilfenhaus notched up his second five – wicket haul of

The series as the Indians were bowled out for 400 and gave the Aussies  2 – 0 lead in the

Four match series. Michael Clarke,Australian tema captain was declared Man of the match for his magnificent innings of 329 who was delighted with victory. Carrying on from their overnight score of 114 for 2, India started off in convincing fashion through Tendulkar, who struck boundaries at will through the offside.

However, the visitors lost Gautam Gambhir soon after. A leading edge from his bat off the bowling of Peter Siddle ended in the hands of David Warner, who completed an easy catch at backward point. Gambhir departed after playing a useful hand of 83 from 142 balls, and struck 11 boundaries on the way.

Tendulkar continued to be in great touch, bringing up his 65th half-century in Tests with a glance down to fine leg and exhibited the 'daylight' that has existed between him and the rest of the Indian batsman in the series so far.

He and VVS Laxman were in complete control, taking the team's score to 243 for 3 at lunch. After losing just Gambhir's wicket in the first session, the turn of events post lunch was truly disastrous to the Indian cause.

With his score on 80, Tendulkar frame a Clarke delivery to Hussey at first fall, Laxman, who had brought up his half-century a little while earlier, was then cleaned up by Hilfenhaus, as he played across the line to a delivery that pitched on off-stump and held its line.The Aussie fast bowler got into the act again, getting the wicket of Dhoni  although there was some confusion as to whether it was a bump ball or not, but replays confirmed that Dhoni had digged the ball straight into the hands of the bowler.

After terrorising the Indian batsmen in the first innings, Pattinson finally got his first wicket in the second essay by trapping ViratKohli lbw to a delivery that kept low. A few lusty hits by Zaheer Khan made for some interesting viewing, but with seven wickets down the writing was very much on the wall for the Indians.

The fireworks from Zaheer finally come to an end when he was dismissed by Siddle, who picked up his second wicket of the innings. Zaheer's innings lasted 26 balls which yielded 35 runs and included five fours and a six, before he backed away to a short delivery from Siddle only to hit it as far as Shaun Marsh in the cover region, who took a fine running catch.

Offspinner Nathan Lyon then got his first wicket of the match by trapping Ishant Sharma in front of his stumps.

Meanwhile with wickets falling at the other end, R Ashwin, who had brought up his fifty holed out to Lyon, who ran from mid-on to bring an end to India's misery. Ashwin made 62 before he became Hilfenhaus' fifth wicket.

 

Australia Vs India Day 2

The second test between India and Australia at the Sydney Cricket ground reached the score 484/2 by the Aussies. Skipper MichaelClarke has made hi double ton and  batsman Clarke  and Michael Hussey were the batsmen at the line at the end of play on the second day.

Carrying on from their overnight score of 116 for 3, the Aussies held the plan right from the beginning as Clarke and Ponting added 120 in the opening session, with the Aussie skipper bringing up his 18th Test century.

The Indian bowlers led by Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma, failed to provide the team with the much needed breakthrough early on. Ponting then brought up his first century in nearly two years

It was all about the Clarke-Ponting show from then on as both batsmen went about their cheerful ways until Ishant struck with the wicket of Ponting to end the epic 288-run stand for the fourth wicket.

The 23-year old pacer was finally rewarded for some persistent bowling in the right areas when he had Ponting play apishly at a delivery outside his off stump, for Sachin Tendulkar to complete a comfortable catch in the cover-point region. The Tasmanian struck 14 boundaries during his 225-ball stay.

The gentle celebrations brought about by Ponting’s dismissal were the only moment that belonged to the Indians in an otherwise terrible session in which 113 runs were approved The Australians were at their dominating best, predatory runs at will as Hussey got into the act.

Hussey smashed a six and seven fours during his 97-ball stay while Clarke finished the day with 31 boundaries and a maximum to his name, as the two added 157 runs to end a truly disastrous day in the field for the Indians.

Sri Lanka Vs South Africa 1ST Test

Sri Lanka started first innings and scored 76-3 till lunch on day 1. Opener Tharanga was
Bowled for 32 by Vernon Philander .On the top Sri Lanka Captain Tilakaratne Dilshan
And Kumar Sangakkara were dismissed.Paranavitana and Mahela Jayawerdene formed a half century. The experienced former captain Jayawardene held Sri Lankan hopes of a competitive first-innings score. Fellow veteran Thilan Samaraweera was 6 not out alongside him.
Dilshan fell for 6 to top-edged pull shot off Dale Steyn in the fifth over to give South Africa the early thrust in the three-match series and contribute Steyn his 250th Test wicket.
Steyn reached the objective in his 49th test, the second quickest bowler to get there after former Australia great Dennis Lillee achieved it in 48 matches.
Sangakkara was dismissed by Philander straight after when he sent an outside edge to Jacques Kallis at second slip and the early breakthroughs justified Graeme Smith's decision to ask the tourists to bat on a green track at Centurion.
Paravitana rode an uncomfortable spell when he was hit on the helmet by Morne Morkel and struck on the shoulder by Philander in quick succession, but he fought back with four fours and frustrated the bowlers alongside Jayawardene to drag Sri Lanka from 12-2 to 66-2.
The left-hander beat a leg for his fourth boundary in the 23rd over, but Philander struck next ball and for the second time in the session with a full paced delivery.

Pakistan Vs Bangladesh

Pakistan won first test by 184 runs against Bangladesh at Chittagong. Spinner Abdur Rehman has taken four wickets while Saeed Ajmal and Aizaz Cheema striked in with

two each and the visitors efficiently achieved victory over Bangladesh by an innings.

Pakistan scored 459 runs and Bangladesh could only chased 275 for 9.

Mohammed Nazimuddin topscored for Bangladesh with 78 while Shakib Al Hasan made 51 and Mushfiqur Rahim 49, but the hosts were never able to put together the big partnership required to stave off Pakistan.

Opener Nazimuddin and Shakib both fell to Rehman in the opening session, and Mahmudullah also went before lunch, bowled by Ajmal for a duck, exposing the tail and effectively ending Bangladesh's hopes of turning the game into a challenge.

After the first break, Rahim was trapped lbw by Rehman on 49. Cheema took the final wicket of Shahadat Hossain caught by Umar Gul on 21.

Pakistan declared their first innings on 594-5 in response to Bangladesh's first-innings total of 135.

With the latest victory, Pakistan are sitting on an unbeaten streak stretching back to the one-day series against Sri Lanka in the United Arab Emirates last month. They swept the one-day series against Bangladesh 3-0 and came out on top in the one-off Twenty20 match.

The second and final Test begins in Mirpur on Saturday.

India won the final Match

India won the Final and fifth match of the five match 4-1by 34 runs. Even though Pollard

Hit a century (119) its of no use in achieving a victory for West Indies he was the last man out when Ajinkya Rahane took a smart catch off Suresh Raina’s bowling.Ravindra Jadeja was the pick of the Indian bowlers as he took the 3 wickets for 62.

India gave the target of 268 to visitors and it got off a worst start as Irfan Pathan and

Abhimayu Mithun blew away the top four for only 36 runs on the board.Denesh Ramdin

Was then removed by Jadeja at 78 for 5 only but Pollard and all rounder Andre Russell

Furious batting of 89 in 79 balls proved a good start until Russell was run out .

Darren Sammy was dismissed by Jadeja but Pollard kept the score card ticking with some good shots till he reached his century.He finally came down at the end of the Final match.

Manoj Tiwary's maiden ODI hundred saw India to a solid score of 267 for 6. On a slow track, West Indies let the game slip after a terrific start that saw Kemar Roach reduce India to 1 for 2, as Tiwary guided the hosts to a highly competitive total.

West Indies made the perfect start when Roach removed Rahane and Parthiv Patel for first-ball ducks in the first over of the match, but a 83-run partnership between Gautam Gambhir (31) and Tiwary put India back on track. Tiwary then set about taking the game away from the opposition as he ploughed through his second fifty in a 117-run partnership with Virat Kohli.

Although Tiwary was forced to shuffle one single later as he gave in to the cramps which had determined him in the final part of his innings, Kohli went to 80 from 85 balls before finally alternative out long-on. The final overs were not as beneficial as India would have liked - they scored just 53 runs in the last 10.

Virender Sehwag slammed 219, the highest one-day score ever, to help India seal the series against West Indies in Indore